[gmx-users] help with poor performance on gromacs on Cray linux

[Justin Lemkul]

On 6/26/14, 4:54 PM, Tom wrote:
> Justin,
>
> I compared the peromance (the time spent for mdrun) using md.log files for
> the same simulatin run on Cary Linux and any other Linux system.
>
> I agree different hardware can have different performance.
> But these tests were run on the supper computer clusters with very good
> reputations of performance. The one on Cray is very slow.
>

Comparing apples and oranges is very hard.  The .log files should provide lots 
of detail about how mdrun spent its time.  That's what I (and likely others) was 
hoping to see.  It should reveal if there was something really bizarre about the 
run, or if it's something more fundamental.

> I am the first time to run gmc on Cray linux. I am doubting if there is any
> wrong for my installation.
>

Your sysadmins are going to be a better resource than this community, since we 
know nothing about the specs of the supercomputer.  Even if no one has run 
Gromacs, the sysadmins should know a lot of about getting the most bang for your 
buck in terms of using any system-specific optimizations.

>  From the previous dissusion, gmx looks to have performance problem
> on Cray linux:
> https://mailman-1.sys.kth.se/pipermail/gromacs.org_gmx-users/2013-May/081473.html
>
> I am also wondering if the newest version solved this issue.
>

The only known issues on Cray have been fixed AFAIK (see, e.g. 
http://redmine.gromacs.org/issues/1270).

-Justin

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